shadow tag

Erdrich has left her cache of short stories and novels infused with the Native American experience behind and moved into new territory. While the humor, color and pathos of her Ojibwa heritage are still visible in Shadow Tag, these features have moved into the background, shoved aside by a focus on the looming crisis of a marriage.

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